University of Texas at Austin Student Activity Center: Recipient of the 2012 Citation Award. Austin. Owner: The University of Texas at Austin. Architect: Overland Partners Architects. Contractor: SpawGlass.

“Rather than a singular building, the (Mission Branch) library is part of a larger re-imagining of the Mission Drive-In and Mission San Jose area,” said Mayor Julián Castro in a statement. “The Mission Branch Library threads the needle between being faithful to the history and architecture of its surroundings while still making a unique design statement on its own.”

“Rather than a singular building, the (Mission Branch) library is part of a larger re-imagining of the Mission Drive-In and Mission San Jose area,” said Mayor Julián Castro in a statement. “The Mission

Marion Koogler McNay and her second husband, Donald Atkinson, commissioned Atlee and Robert Ayres to design their residence on a 23-acre parcel of suburban land four miles north of downtown San Antonio known at the time as “Sunset Hills.” The villa was built in Ayres’ recognizable Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1927.

Marion Koogler McNay and her second husband, Donald Atkinson, commissioned Atlee and Robert Ayres to design their residence on a 23-acre parcel of suburban land four miles north of downtown San Antonio known at

With its light stucco walls (now appropriately textured) and red tile roof, the U-shaped Marion Koogler McNay House wrapped around a central patio complete with loggias, balconies, sleeping porches, and entertaining rooms—many with a reoccurring “peacock” motif that was overtly carried over in the décor of tapestries, stencilwork, draperies, and gates.